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March Court 1729
117 Ordered by the Court here that the Same John Mackney be kept in Custody by y.e Sherf of Said County wherewith the four fold and fees afd Shall be Satisfied
of this Court one Dory of the Value of four hundred pounds of Tobacco of the goods and Chattles of a certain Isaac Perkins then and there being found then and there feloniously did Steal take and carry away Contrary to the Peace of the Said Lord propry that now is his good rule and Government and against the form of the Act of Assembly in Such case lately made and provided Test John Bowdie T ffrancis Cler. pac. On back of the preceeding Indictm.t was endorst as foll viz.t A true bill Gid.n Pearce foreman And the afd Bartholomew Wickingham in his proper person cometh and Saith that he is in no Sort guilty of the premises above upon him imposed as by the afd Indictm.t it is alledged and thereof he putteth himselfe upon the Country Bartholomew Wickingham in p.r p p.a And he who followeth for the Lord propry in like manner Saith he is guilty T ffrancis p Ld p.ry Thereupon Command was given to the Sherf of Kent County that he Immediately cause to come here twelve &c.a By whom &c.a who neither &c.a To Recognize &c.a because as well &c.a Of which Said pcept the Sherf of Kent County to wit Joseph Young Gent now here at this day to wit Att the Court House in the Town of Chester in Said County on the third tuesday in March being the Seventeenth day of Said Month Anno Dom. Seventeen hundred and twenty Nine That he hath here ready twelve as by his pcept he was Commanded And now here afterwards to wit the day and Year last mentioned came againe the Sd Ld propry by his Attry afd as the afd Bartholomew Wickingham in his proper person and the Jurors of that Jury being Impannelled and called likewise came to wit Robert Dunn Thomas Wilkins Samuel Andrews John Ashley William Deane John Walls Christopher Bellican Thomas Hatcheson Mathias Day Thomas Marcy Joseph Trulock & William Hynson who being duely elected tryd and Sworn to Say the truth in the premises upon their Oath do Say Bartholomew Wickingham is guilty as he Stands Indicted of the Stealing the Dory above mentioned and by Robert Dunn there foreman al So Say Therefore it is Considered by the Justices here to wit the Same day and Year last mentioned That the afd Bartholomew Wickingham Stand in the pillory for the Space of halfe an hour and afterwards to Receive at the publick whipping post twenty Lashes well laid on his bare back till the blood appear as a punishment for the afd Crime of Committing the felony afd according to the force form and effect of the Verdict of the Jurors afd Also it is Considered that the afd Bartholomew Wickingham pay the Sume of four hundred pounds of Tobacco it being that part adjudged to pay of the four fold of the goods afd Stoln being halfe and also pay the Sume of Six hundred and Eighteen pounds of Tobacco Cost accrueing on the premisses afd to the officers of this Court It is also Considered by the Court here at this day to wit the day & Year last mentioned that the Sherf of Kent County take the afd Bartholomew Wickingham into his Custody & Execute the punishment in the Judgment afd Specified and afterwards to bring him into Court againe of which Said pcept the Said Sherf to wit Joseph Young Gent high Sherf of Kent County makes Return on the day and Year last Said that he hath Executed the Said Judgment and also hath here the Said Bartholomew Wickingham before the Court Ordered by the Court here that the Said Bartholomew Wickingham be kept in Custody by y.e Sherf of Said County untill the four fold and fees afd Shall be Satisfied |
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